Crate-tilting device.



PATENTED FEB.12, 1907. N. J. SHERRILL. CRATE TILTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1906.

NICHOLAS J. SHERRILL, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

CRATE-TILTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No. 309,525.

To u/ZZ mhmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS J. SHERRILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCrate- Tilting Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tilting standsor racks for holding receptacles for facilitating the dispensing ofliquids therefrom, and comprises means whereby the standard on which thedevice is pivotally held may be adjusted to securely clamp the sides ofthe crate or casing holding the receptacle and forming a protection tothe bottom and sides thereof.

My invention comprises various other details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will ,be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention, showing thestandard upon which the receptacle-holder is mounted as closed in oradjusted to thoroughly brace the holder. Fig. 2- is a similar viewshowing the receptacleholder pivotally mounted upon the standard. Fig. 3is a side elevation showing the holder tilted, and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the upper end of one of the standards.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a holder for a receptacle, which may be of any suitablematerial and size or shape, and fixed to the opposite sides of theholder are two metallic plates B, each having a longitudinal groove Btherein, which groove is preferably centrally disposed, and C designateapertures formed in said plates.

D designates a standard having two inclined legs D, the upper ends ofwhich come together and are parallel to each other and bent at an angle,as at E, each pair forming a horizontal pivot F, designed to engage oneor the other of the apertures C, which are formed in said plates. Saidlegs D are pref erably resilient and may be sprung laterally for thepurpose of disengaging the same from the apertures in the plates B whenit is desired to raise or lower the receptacle-holder to allow the sameto tilt or to be closed down in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. Said parallel portions of the standard are adapted to bearagainst said ribs to normally hold the crate from tilting.

It will be noted that when the crate is lowered in the position shown inFig. 1 the pivots F engage the upper of the apertures in said plates B,and the bottom of the holder rests upon the transverse portions of theshoulders D, while the inclined legs bear frictionally against theopposite sides of the holder, thus securely bracing the crate or holder.

By the provision of the apparatus shown and described it will be notedthat a simple and efficient means is afforded for thoroughly bracing theholder while in transit or at other times by the peculiar manner of theengagement of the standard with the crate or holder, while the apparatusmay be easily and quickly adjusted so that the crate,which is adapted tohold a receptacle from which liquid is to be dispensed, may be tiltedback and forth.

What I claim is- A tilting receptacle-holder comprising a crate, platessecured to two of the outer faces upon opposite sides of the crate, eachplate provided with projecting ribs upon its outer face and each platebeing apertured between said ribs, a standard comprising bail-shapedwires, the up or ends of which are fastened together and bent at rightangles and adapted to engage said apertures in said plates, parallelportions of the standard which are held together being adapted to bearagainst said ribs to normally hold the crate from tilting, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

NICHOLAS J. SHERRILL.

WVitnesses:

F. D. CHAMBERS, CHAS. P. MUNDY.

